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Exhibition Preview: Te Taiao | Nature

Te Taiao | Nature Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Te Taiao | Nature exhibition is the biggest change since Te Papa opened in 1998, creating a bold and immersive journey through the natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand. Show your current membership card/s for admission.

Workshop: Sustainable Beeswax Wraps

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Everyday, small actions can make a big difference to the impact we have on our environment. Te Taiao | Nature celebrates our unique environment and asks us to think more about what actions we can take to create a positive impact. We at the Friends agree with these principles and so have teamed up with the Sustainability Trust to bring Friends members a workshop to create your own beeswax wraps.

$40.00 – $80.00

Beyond Te Papa: The Give & Take of Biodiversity

Soundings Theatre, Level 2 Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

How and why has this life developed? What were the great explosions of biodiversity that launched the living world? And what are the Earth-crunching crises that nearly ended it all? Palaeontologists from Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science will explore these questions, whilst looking at our own stunning fossil record found on the wobbly nugget of rock known as Aotearoa that sits atop the drowned continent of Zealandia.

$10.00 – $15.00

Book Launch: 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa

Te Papa Store, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Open to friends members only, join us to celebrate the launch of this book to coincide with opening of Te Papa’s new permanent Natural History galleries Te Taiao | Nature. We’ll hear from a variety of speakers involved in the book’s creation, what their role in bringing it together was and what their favourite object out of the 100 presented is.

$20.00 – $25.00

Friends Takeover: Access All Areas

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

We are thrilled to bring you, for the first time ever, the Te Papa Friends Takeover, in which we the Friends of Te Papa have the whole museum to themselves to stay up late at our place for one night only, along with a host of talks, tours, discounts, live music and chances to contribute to the future of the museum.

Free – $20.00

Beyond Te Papa: Tectonics, Tsunamis and Technology

Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington

It takes several villages to create a brand new $12 million nature zone for a museum and it brings together groups from all different parts of the science community. We'll be hearing from 2 of Te Papa's key partners, GNS and GeoNet, about their involvement and knowledge around bringing to life the updated Active Land space in te Taiao | Nature.

$15.00 – $20.00

Curator Talk: Displaying Unique Life in NZ

Te Papa Hui, Te Taiao Nature, L2 Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

The Endemic Wall is one of the highlights of the new exhibition Te Taiao Nature.  It’s a beautiful demonstration of the great diversity of life that is unique to Aotearoa New Zealand.  There are over 600 species of animals, plants, and fungi displayed!

$15.00 – $20.00

Beyond Te Papa: Understanding Colour; Is it an Illusion?

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

A look at the science of colour and the human perception of it. Join Dr Peter Wellings on a journey of discovery in which he'll answer some fascinating questions about the colourful world that we perceive. 

$15.00 – $20.00

Solander, Sparrman, and the Anthropocene

Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

This public lecture presents the fascinating modern idea of “the Environment” – in common usage today a word with a distinct meaning to most of us around the world – and its little known history as a concept that appears in earnest only right after World War II and within a couple of decades reaches global fame and considerable usefulness.

$15.00 – $25.00

Talk: From Tip-Site to Flourishing Forest

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Come and hear Friends President, Elizabeth Kay, describe how one small community group decided to take up the fight and what they have achieved in little more than a decade.

$15.00 – $20.00